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Originally Posted by MikeyMikey
Yet the statistics bear that out. Of course the pitcher can always wave off our poor pitch selection.
I'd imagine there is probably a baseline of knowledge that all catchers at a major league level have. The variation does not seem to be significant.
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Well obviously Greg Maddux disagrees. He never liked throwing to one of the best hitting catchers of his time(Javier Lopez) instead only pitched to a catcher with a batting average in the low 200's.
Id speculate the reason we cant find statistical evidence is because around 80 percent of the catchers are basically the same defensively. The evidence lies in the other 20 percent of really poor or really great catchers(Jason Varitek, Joe Mauer, Yadier Molina, Mike Piazza, Javier Lopez)